Max Franz's Knife and Strike DVD review

I've known and trained with the author, Max, for close to a decade now so seeing his brand-new DVD on Vladimir Vasiliev's desk was bound to grab my attention. On a personal level, it takes a lot of knowledge, skill and confidence to put together a video that hundreds of people will see and compare against those by Vasiliev or Ryabko. For that alone, my respect and congratulations go out to the author.

I am fortunate to be among the first Torontonians to own Kwan Lee's "Systema Strength and Flexibility" DVD. Viewing the video has been a delightful and instructive experience and the DVD certainly earned its place in my collection. One can admire the effort, mind and heart Kwan put into this project.

Understandably, purchasing a DVD is always a challenge – you don't know whether you'll be able to make use of it until it is played (Eastern Europeans jokingly refer to this predicament as "buying a cat in a sack").